Day 9 by the numbers

Number of....

Birthdays: 1 (I'm now a 30 something!)
Times the les mis line "at the end of the day you are another day older.." went through my head: on repeat all day (thanks to an esteemed colleague)
Museums: 4
Museum feet: 6 (why I can walk all day and be fine but do a museum for an hour and I'm shot is beyond me)
Ice cream scoops: 2
Apple strudel: 1
Hotel Included breakfast: 1
Glasses of wine: 2
Cumulative times I have attempted to use my limited Dutch in a German speaking country: 9 (dank je wel!)
Successful park and rides: 1 (2.50 euro alllll dayyyy baby!)
Successful tube rides: 2
Miles walked: very high!
Churches: 1
Art museums: 1 (with a disappointing Monet exhibit)
Amount of rain: felt like 3 inches
Times I felt soaked: 3
Degrees celsius: felt like 10-12. Brrrrrrr and wet.

Going to combine the posts today and add what we are seeing as I'm behind.

We first drove the 15 miles to a park and ride in Vienna that was dirt cheap, but was also a dirt parking lot that looked like a sort of sketchy part of town. We went with it because I wasn't sure what else to do. Thankfully it worked out great. We grabbed the tube and headed to the Hofburg area to see the Treasury, imperial apts, and sisi museum. I saw these sites back in December on my Christmas wonderland tour, so it was great to see my parents reaction to them. Love the treasury, it's definitely my favorite jewel museum in Europe so far (including the tower of london).

After that, we headed to St Stephen's in the centre and enjoyed the calm of the front part of the sanctuary. Then it was off to lunch at an RS recommended place, followed by the Albertina museum, which was a bit disappointing. They had a Monet exhibit advertised all over town....the advertisement posters were misleading. There was only 3 Monet paintings in the section and not much else to get excited about. If you go to Vienna, skip it and thank me later. Then it was time to reward ourselves with some ice cream. At this point, the walking is starting to catch up with everyone. We called it a day and found the tube back and the car in one piece. Strudel and wine again for dinner!